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Feb 4, 2019

The Key to a Healthy State of the Union

With the longest government shutdown in history—and a tense battle between Congress and the president—now over, it is time for the nation to come together for this week’s annual State of the Union address in which the president lays out his priorities for the year ahead. But there’s one key piece that will likely escape mention: Congressional reform.

Yet, a functional and effective Congress is foundational for a healthy state of our union. And, lately, our union – and the democracy on which it is built — has been feeling a little under-the-weather from a government infected by dysfunction.

Thanks to outcries from Americans tired of the gridlock, Congress has taken the first important step of creating the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress. Now, at this moment when a number of divisive policy matters dominate the headlines—and Congress’s to-do-list—congressional reform represents a unique opportunity for both sides of the aisle to come together to revitalize our government. That is why Congress must identify the Select Committee as a pressing priority.